Product Description

Kenmore — trusted in the homes of more than 100 million Americans.

The 1.6 cubic-foot-capacity Kenmore countertop microwave 73163 features sensor cooking, which adjusts cooking time by detecting moisture and humidity levels in food and automatically turns the oven off when finished. The easy-to-use electronic touch pad controls has 6 one-touch settings, so you don’t have to select cooking times and power levels.

The stainless-steel Kenmore 7316 1100-watt countertop microwave has multiple cooking, reheating and defrosting options that let you do everything from melt chocolate to cook frozen vegetables. It also allows you to customize and save your favorite settings.

The Kenmore 73163 countertop microwave has a a spacious 1.6 cu. ft. capacity

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Praise10 found this helpful

malnpudl

Sep 15 , 2013

Good value for the price

I have the black version of this microwave, and I could have given this a five-star rating except for one issue: The part of my kitchen where I have room for the microwave is not particularly well lit, and the controls on the front -- white text on black background, and the font is not large -- are almost unreadable. I used to have a white microwave (black text on white background) in the same spot and had no difficulty. Not a major flaw, and it won't be a problem for most people, but someone with similar lighting issues might find it worth considering.

Criticism41 found this helpful

hotoutside

Aug 14 , 2013

Hot outside cold inside

Our old microwave would just about boil over oatmeal in1 min 45 sec. This one took 3 times using 2 min each time and it still wasn't cooked. The outside of the microwave was to hot to hold your hand on it. I will not get another one.

We purchased this microwave for our office. It's the perfect size, doesn't take up too much space, yet is tall enough for our coffee tumblers. It is powerful as well. Frozen meals heat exactly according to package directions. What more can we ask?

So far, I am very pleased with the microwave I purchased, however, it is noisier than I had expected, more so than the previous Kenmore microwave I had. However, the power and options are great advantages. I really like just having to touch a number for the number of minutes I require, rather than having to punch several buttons just to set up cooking for a certain item.

I don't like this microwave at all, it is not an easy microwave to use, if I only want thirty seconds or less it won't let me enter the amount of time I want!! Lousy microwave would not recommend it to anyone!!

I absolutely love this microwave, it's not only stylish but it's very roomy inside. It is also very easy to clean if there is a spill over, I just wiped with a paper towel and the spill came right off.

I purchased a Kenmore 1.6 cu ft microwave, model number 405.73169310 from Sears and I have had it for 13 months; and of course their warrently is only for a year. Now the microwave turns on and off by itselfs. Kind fo scary and concerned it might be a fire danger. It should probably fall under a recall. Kenmore use to have high quality products when I was growing up as a kid but it appears their quality has greatly slipped. I highly recommend that you do not buy a Kenmore, at least not a Kenmore microwave. If it catches fire, I am defintely filing a law suit against both Sears and Kenmore.

After a couple of month's use, I am still very satisfied with this purchase. You may need to read manual on how to set power level and cooking time for a particular use - it is a little different than for previous microwaves I've owned, and at first, I thought the unit was defective - but it works great!

Old microwave buttons were acting up, so it was time for a new old. Caught this one on sale for just 109.99 with *************. Very happy with our choice. Large enough for the cooking we do in it. Enjoy having a turntable and power levels. Still getting use to the sensor cooking options. Wish the 5 end cooking chimes stopped when open door.